Angelos

I think it could well be the head of a rib.

Richard


On 2/11/2011 02:13, Angelos Hadjikoumis wrote:

Hello colleagues!

I have a mystery bone from an Early Bronze site (in Greece). I have uploaded some photographs on flickr for those who want to attempt to help me out with this one.

It has a very 'curvy' overall shape and it unfortunately preserves only a fraction of one of the two epiphyses. Also note the thin bone fragment fused on the larger 'curvy' shaft. Could it be a radius-ulna of an unknown-to-me species? I vaguely remember seeing similarly-shaped ('curvy') bones in human and marine mammal skeletons. I would not exclude the possibility that it is a pathological specimen. So far I had some (few) pathological dog specimens but this one's morphology is very different (in any case, humerus is the nearest shape from the dog elements).

Here are the photos:
1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302753252/in/set-72157627903502987
2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302757638/in/set-72157627903502987
3) http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302761764/in/set-72157627903502987
4) http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/6302768284/in/set-72157627903502987

Peace,
Angelos